Good news! We are almost finished with harvesting backcross orchards in Virginia. Fortunes Cove was loaded with burs; the same was true with the orchard at Blandy and a few of the others.
Soon we’ll focus our efforts on harvesting wild Americans. This is a chance to hike the woods to search for and harvest wild American chestnuts! This is both fun and very important for our breeding program.
After that, we plan and prepare for fall plantings, so stay tuned.
We also got the radish seeds planted at Middle Mountain and the event at Monticello was a great success thanks to Tom Wild and all the volunteers.
